Dancing doll



Nov. 27 1923. 1,475,222

A. D. CONVERSE DANCING DOLL Filed Feb. 2.5, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l I I gwueni'oz 5 I diiwrimill 6 0222162176 Nov. 27 1923. 1,475,222

I A. D. CONVERSE DANCING DOLL Filed Feb. 25 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

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ATHERTON D. CONVERSE, OF XVINCHENDON, 'MASSACHUSETTS.

DANCING l DOLL.

Application filed February 25,1921. Serial No. 447,781.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, A'rHnRroN D. CoN- vnnsn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Vinchendon, Massachusetts, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improve. ments in Dancing Dolls, of which the foltached from the phonograph when a changev of record is desired.

These and other objects are accomplished by providing a figure havinga head, body and limbs independently movable, said body having both a rotative and an up and down movement. The motive power is convenient 1y shown as derived from the record turn table, and through the medium of an eccentrically mounted rod and an irregular cam actuates the head and body with its attached limbs respectively.

The invention also includes the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts more .fully hereinafter described and clearly de-fined in the claims In the drawings, which are illustrative of 35 a referred form of my device only,

*ig. 1 isa perspective of the complete device.

.Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is a rear view.

Fig. 4. is' a sectional'plan view along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. I g

Fig. 5. is a front view of the actuating mechanism with the base block removed.

Figs. 6 and '7 are detail views. 7

. Referringnow by reference characters to the drawing it will be seen that the device consists of a base block 1 adapted to be held above thephonograph mechanism housing by means of adjustable legs .2, pivoted o 50 base 1 at 2 Slots 2 are provided to receive the legs 2 when the device is folded for shipup and down movement.

ment.

.A positioning member 24; is attached to the rear of the base and is provided with a hole 25 adapted .to register with the center post 4- upon which the head 5-is loosely posiat 9 to a frame portion 10 rigidly mounted pin of the phonograph. Thiscarries no part i of the weight of the figure but merely 'prevents the device from rotating;

Socketed in base block 1 is aniupright tioned.

The body 6 is hollow and allows post 4 to pass through it. The body is suitably pinned as at 7 to a right angle lever 8 pivoted on base block 1. The member 8 is provided with an additional right angle portion 1.1

carrying between itself and the part 8 a roller 12 which engages a cam more fully hereinafter described. i The friction wheel'3is adapted to rotate about an axle pin 18 engaging the base block which also carries an irregular cam 15. The cam acting on the roller 12 and thence through member 8 gives the body of the 7 figure not only an up and down motion but also a partial rotation.

Eccentrically carried by the friction wheel is a rod 16, passing upwardly through ahole 17 in frame 10 and engaging the head, conveniently shown as by means of a screw eye. 18.

Suitably attached to rod 16 as at 19 is a thread 20 which passes through the head withinpassage '21, and is attached to a memher 22 uniting the arms 28 0f the figure. These arms are loosely attached to the body portion in any suitablemanner which will allow. a certain amount of play. A skirt or dress 26 may be placed upon 0 the figure just above pin 7 which will conceal'the mechanism and give a more realistic appearance to the doll.

The operation of the device is asjfollowsz The doll is positioned in proximity to the recordturn-table so that the legs 2 engage the mechanism housing, the hole 25, the

' turn-table center pin, and. the friction wheel surface through right angle lever 8.

skilled in the art, and therefore I do not Wish to be limited to the exact mechanical ary rangements shown which merely show one nietliod'of imparting-movement to the fi ure,

The'fignreniayte made to ct at different speeds according tothe \vishof; the operator, by substituting various siiaed friction Wheels to'the'bas'e block.

lVhat I claimis: e V 1. The combiiiationWith a: phonograph of v an operating niembei frictionally siipported the record in pi oziiinity to the center pin the turn table and arranguqtqbe rotated tr saidrrecord a fi' iir'fe su jor-t'cd above said.

o erating iii'e'nibei; and" having, a movable art, ancherin'g means for parenting the gins from turning, there being a part associated with said opraua member provided \i'ith to loos engage the center 1311101 the turn table and means whereby the" moi' enien't of said ope'ratihg Inna Geneva said movable part.

.2. A figure m havi g a supportin part adapted to rest upon the smooth part of a phonograph record in proximity to the center pm of the turntable and having as sedated means enga ing said center pin, said su porting part comprising a roany part yielding to the influence of the rotating turntable, said figure .toy having movable limbs, struts arranged to contact with the phon g-raph cashg beyond the edge or said turntable to hold the ate toy from turning movement, and operating means between said rotary element and said limbs for operating the latter.

3. A figure toy adapted to be removably supported from the phonograph disc and having bracing means adapted to removably engage the honogr'aph case beyondthe edge of the disc to prevent the figure from turning-said figure having a movablepart, and operating mea-ns'jco nnected With said movablepart and removably contacting with the liorizoacn portion of the record and held in fiicuoaaragagement therewith by gravity only and held in defined position by a loose engagement with the center pin of the turn table. v

' The combination vith a phonograph of a supporting member having means for loosely en" mg the center pin of the turn table and or frictional-lyengag iiig the horizontal portion of the record, adjacent said pin of a: figure toy supported by said member, an meafisnonna a with the figureand remavabif engaging,tlie phenograph casing beyond t e edge at the" disc, said fi ure havrotation of the supporting member operates the movable part of the figure.

5. In" combination, a base member having an eye and struts cooperatin with said eye to form a three point support, a friction wheel rotatably carried by said base portlon and journaled in a vertical plane passing to one side of sa d eye, a figure mounted upon said base portion andharing amovable part,

and means where y the rotation of said frictibawheu op atessaid movable part.

(3: In combination, base member having a portion adapted to loosel engage the turn table center pin and cooperating struts for engaging the phonograph casing, a friction wheel journaled in a vertical plane to one side of said pin engagin portion, a figure toy supported by said base member to have oscillatory" movement about a vertical axis, and means operated by the rotation of said friction Wheel for oscillating body:

'7. In coml'ainatio'n, a member havin a phonograph center pin engaging portion,

a frictioii Wheel journaled in a vertic'alplan'e to one side of saidpifi eng' 'ing portion, strut connected with S l base portion for 'st'ad ing said base portion, a figure co supported by said base member" to have oscillat'oty movement about a vertical axis andalso vertical movement, and m ans whereby the rotation of said fri .tion Wheel imparts such movements to said body,

9. In combination, a base member having a phonograph center pin en aging portion and bracing means, a friction wheel journaled in a vertical plane to one side of such engaging portion, a figure toy body supported from said base member to have vertlcal movement. and also an oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, a head for said body mounted to have independent movement abouta vertical axis, means operated from said friction Wheel to impart vertical and oscillatory movement to said body and ,means also operated from said friction Wheel to give separate oscillatory movements .to said head.

10. In combination a basemember having a phonograph center pin engaging portion and bracing means; a friction wheel aniso naled in a vertical plane to one side of such engaging portion, a figure toy having a body mounted on said base member to have oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, said body having a head mounted to have independent oscillatory movement and having movable arms, means operated by the toy body supported by said base member to have oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, a head for'said body mounted to have independent oscillatory movement, arms carried by said body to have up and down movement and means operated from' said friction Wheel for imparting independent oscillating movement to said body and head, and up and down movement to said arms.

12. In combination, a base member having a friction wheel adapted to be rotated by a phonograph turn table disc, a figure toy body supported by said base member to have a vertical and an oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, a head for said body mounted to have independent oscillatory movement, arms carried by said body to have up and down movement and means operated from said friction wheel for imparting vertical and oscillatory movement to said body and independent oscillatory movement to said head, and up and down movement to said arms.

13. In combination, a base member having a friction wheel adapted to be rotated by a phonograph disc or turn table, a figure toy body carried by said base to have vertical and oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, a cam carried by said friction wheel, a bell crank lever having one arm fulcrumed to said base and the other arm pivotally connected to said body by a universal joint and having an intermediate portion cooperating with said cam.

- 14. In'combination, a base member having a friction wheel adapted to be rotated by a phonograph disc or turn table, a figure toy body carried by said base to have vertical movement and also oscillatory movement about a vertical axis, a head for said body mounted to have independent oscillatory movement, a cam carried by said fric' tion wheel, a bell crank lever having one arm fulcrumed to said base and the other arm pivotally connected to said body and having an intermediate portion cooperating with said cam, and a rod eccentrically pivoted to said friction wheel at one end and having a sliding pivotal connection with said head at the other end and having its intermediate portion slidingly pivoted in a fixed bearin member carried by said base.

'15. In combination, a base member, a driving wheel journaled thereon, a figure toy supported from said base member and having movable arms and a head capable of oscillating about a vertical axis, said head having a perforated member at the rear thereof and a passage through the head, and a rod having one end pivoted eccentrically to said driving wheel and its other end portion engaging said perforated member, and its intermediate portion slidingly fulcrumed on a fixed member carried by said base, and a flexible element having one end secured to said rod and the other end passing through the passage in the figure head and connected with the arms.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ATHERTON D. CONVERSE. 

